Tray for steaming yarn.



PATENTED JUNE z5', 1907.

W. E. LYFORD.l

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM EDWARD LYEORD, OE THOMPsONvILLE, CONNECTICUT, AssIoNOR To TIIE HARTFORD CARPET CORPORATION, OE THOMPsoNvILLE, CON- NECTICUT, A CORPORATION OE CONNECTICUT.

TRAY FOR STEANIING YARN Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

To all whom t Trl/Cty Concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EDWARD LY- FORD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Thompsonville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Tray for Steaming Yarn, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates tO the art of producing printed warp, such as is used by carpet manufacturers and others in the production pill? tapestry and other carpets, rugs and the The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved tray for supporting printed yarn during the process of steaming the same, with a view to iix the color, the tray being arranged to allow the steam to readily penetrate all portions of the yarn in a comparatively short time, and to allow compact nesting of a plurality of trays for steaming a large amount of yarn in a comparatively small space.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inV all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement showing the yarn in position; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improvement,

art of the yarn carrier being broken out;

ig. 3 is a plan view of the yarn carrier; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged end view of a plurality of nested trays, parts being shown in section.

The improved tray consists essentially ofy a skeleton frame A and a yarn support B adapted to support the yarn C and removably held in the skeleton frame A. The

skeleton frame A has end pieces A each provided with legs A2 and seats A3 on the topl corners, for the reception of the legs A2 of another skeleton frame, to permit of nesting a plurality of trays, as plainly shown in Fig.

5. The end pieces A are connected with each other by the sides A4 in the form of angle-irons and connected with each other by cross bars A5, which in turn are connected with each other at or near their middle by a longitudinal bar AG. Thus by the arrangement described the desired rigidity is given to the skeleton frame A. The sides A4 are provided at Or near their middle with upwardly extending lugs A7 forsupporting the sides A4 of another skeleton frame set or nestedy on the seats A3 of the frame in question.

The yarn support B consists of a plate B', and on the top of this plate B are secured or formed transversely extending ribs B2 spaced suitable distances apart and preferably of U-shape, as plainly mdicated in Figs. 3 and 4. The ends of the plate B are reinforced by longitudinally extending short ribs B3 to which the ends ofthe yarn C can be attached` in the usual manner, so as to keep the yarn C in a properly stretched condition lengthwise on top of the yarn support B, that is, having the yarn stretched over the upper edges of the U-shaped cross bars B2, thus spacing the yarn from the top surface of the plate B. The yarn support B is adapted to be placed into the carrier frame A, so that the under side of the plate B rests on the top of the cross bars A5 and the longitudinal bar A, and the ribs B2 are preferably rojected beyond the side edges of the plate B to rest on the horizontal members of the sides A4 made of angle-iron, thereby supporting the yarnv carrier B and its yarns in the skeleton frame A and without-danger ofthe yarn support shifting in either a longitudinal or a transverse direction while in position in the skeleton frame A.

By reference to the left hand end of Fig. 2 it will be noticed that the plate B/ is spaced at its side edges from the inner edges of the horizontal members of the sides A4 to allow steam to pass through the said space to the yarn held on the top of the cross bars B2.

Now, by the arrangementdescribed, the.

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By` the arrangement described the yarn support B is supported in the skeleton frame A at points between the bottom and top thereof, so that steaming spaces are had for the convenient circulation of the steam when a plurality of trays are nested, as indicated in Fig.' 5

The yarn tray shown and described is very sim le and durable in construction, is not liab e to easily get out of order and a thorough and uniform steaming of the yarn is had when the device is used.

rIhe yarn support is of' very thin sheet metal, as are also the bars A5, A5, and when said support rests u on the bars A5, A5, the projecting ends of t e ribs B2 are above the frame sides as shown in Fig. 5, but the weight of the yarn on the support would cause the cross-bars A5 A to sag suiiiciently so that the ribs would rest on the side frames Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A yarn tray having a yarn support comprising a plate, spaced transverse ribs on the said plate and projecting beyond the sides of the said late and means engaging the projecting endl; of the ribs for supporting the plate.

2. A yarn tray having a yarn support com rising a plate, U-shaped ribs on the top of tie plate and extending transversely thereof and means engaging the ribs for supporting the plate,

3. A yarn tray having a yarn support com rising a plate, U-shaped ribs on the top of t e plate and extending transversely thereof, the ribs being spaced apart and projecting beyond the sides of the said plate and means engaging the projecting ends of the ribs for supporting the plate.

4. A yarn tray having a yarn sup ort, comprising a plate, spaced transverse r1 s on the said plate, spaced longitudinal ribs on the ends of the said plate and means engaging the transverse ribs for supporting the plate.

5. A yarn tray, comprising a skeleton frame and a yarn support, the said skeleton frame having end pieces, sides connecting the end pieces with each other, and cross bars connecting the sides with each other at points between the end pieces, and the said yarn su port comprising a sheet metal plate adapte to rest on the said cross bars and having transverse ribs on top, the ribs projecting beyond the sides of the plate and being adapted to rest on the said frame sides.

6. A yarn tray, comprising a skeleton frame and a yarn support, the said skeleton frame having end pieces, sides connecting the end pieces with each other, and cross bars connecting the sides with each other at points between the end pieces, and the said yarn su port comprising a sheet metal plate adapte to rest on the said cross bars and having transverse ribs on top, the ribs projecting beyond the sides of the plate and being adapted to rest on the said frame sides, the side edges of the plate being spaced from the inner edges of the said frame sides.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM EDWARD LYFORD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES D. BENT, J. K. BrssLAND. 

